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Full Idea
Accept no pleasure unless it is beneficial.
Gist of Idea
Only accept beneficial pleasures
Source
Democritus (attrib) (reports [c.250 BCE], B074)
Book Ref
'Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers', ed/tr. Freeman,Kathleen [Harvard 1957], p.101
A Reaction
Maybe all pleasures bestow some benefit - even if they are linked to harm. I struggle to see what is wrong with a harmless and non-beneficial pleasure, and I doubt if anyone could explain it to me.